Karanis / Wool
About this Item
Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 0000.01.2350
- Other Number
- Midgley 24.206.008
- Type of Number
- Catalogue Number
- Collections
- Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
- Object Type
- Textiles
- Materials
- Wool
- Length
- 5;
- Width
- ;14
- Height
- ;
- Thickness
- ;
- Weight
- ;
- Inscribed
- no
- Full Artifact Description
- Small fragment of woven wool fabric with yellowed warp and weft bands as follows:
- green/blue 0.4 cm
- yellow 0.5 cm
- red 0.8 cm
- yellow 3 cm
- pale purple 0.5 cm
- yellow 2 picks
- There are three warp ribs 1.6 cm from one edge. The red, yellow and green/blue wefts above a tear wrap around one outside warp rib. There are five yarns in the two ribs next to the edge and four yarns in the inner rib. There is also a remnant of a countered weft-twining row in the yellow weft band between the blue/green and red bands. The twining loops pass over two warps.
- Unit Grid Number
- 4038
- Component/Room
- 00A
- Area
- R
- Verbatim Provenance
- Egypt
- Verbatim Site
- Karanis
- Countermark
- no
- Condition Notes
- Somewhat dirty, stained along one edge. There are long edge tears. Part of the fragment has started to twist to one side. A few warps are missing. Minor edge fraying.
- Fabric Structure
- Weft-faced plain weave.
- Border Type
- none
- Selvedge Type
- none
- Sewing
- none
- Yarn #
- 12350.WA.01;12350.WE.01;12350.WE.02;12350.WE.03;12350.WE.04;12350.WE.05
- Function
- warp;weft;weft;weft;weft;weft - twining
- Color
- off white/lightly yellowed (465);off white/lightly yellowed (465);dark green/blue (546);dull red (484);blue/purple (532D, but paler);off white/lightly yellowed (465)
- Yarns/cm
- 10;40;too few for accurate count;36 (from one 0.5 cm count only);40 (from one 0.5 cm count only);
- Structure
- single;single;single;single;single;2-ply
- Spin
- s;s;s;s;s;ssZ
- Twist Level
- high;med;med;med;med;med
- Fiber
- wool;wool;wool;wool;wool;wool
- Type Category
- Textile
Technical Details
- Record
- 0000.01.2350
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.01.2350/0000_01_2350
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"Karanis; Wool." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.01.2350/0000_01_2350. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 02, 2024.